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Two hour saw

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Two hour saw

John in NM

>Made this last night, so I could cut a roll of tar paper without having to clean my bandsaw afterwards. I had some extra BS blade stock from the end of a roll, so I figured, build a quick saw and throw the blade away rather than clean it. Ok, maybe I'll keep the blade for hack stuff. Great excuse to make a tool! Took a couple hours, and I "cheated" of course, using mostly power tools, though did get to use the LN spokeshave a lot for the curvy bits.

If its comfortable to use, I'll probably pretty it up a bit (and repost it of course). Wood is Mesquite and Hickory, just the first things I grabbed that needed a minimum of milling.

Thanks for looking,

John


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Nice saw John, bet it was a fun 2 hrs too :o)

Raymond in Trenton, NJ

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Nice saw John,

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native now in Jax Fl.

>How'd you pin the blade to the arms? How come the thought of Junkyard Wars keeps running thru my mind? Next challenge--jointer plane. ;~)

Todd O.

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#4

You cut tar paper on your BS?

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA

>Why? Isin't a razor knifeand a stright edge enough? I'm very confused...

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#5

Nah, trying to avoid it...

John in NM

>but I wanted to cut the whole roll at once to make 4 9" wide rolls for added moisture protection for a mud sill (need 200+ LF you see). It can be done with a knife of course, but is a bit of a pain and you have to cut as you go or deal with a long strip that tears. The mini rolls are very convenient, though its really difficult to saw as the tar causes a lot of binding. Maybe next time I'll try the chainsaw, its kinda like a log, right?

John

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#6

Pinned with drill bits...

John in NM

>Just un-chucked them once I drilled through. I should have turned the traditional knobs, so that I could use different size blades, and be able to turn the blade, etc. Maybe I'll add that later. Now that I've tried the thing out, I'd have to say that the 4 tpi blade is a wee bit coarse for effective use, tends to bounce a lot. Blade would also work better for straight cuts if it were about 1 1/2" deep, guess thats why all those big frame saw blades are that deep (duh!). On the whole though, I'm pretty happy with it.

John

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#7

Naaa....

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA

>No chain saw... This is a job for a sawzall. Just use the right blade.

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